Mill Creek Fish Passage - Park to Roosevelt
#19-1718 #19-1718
Organization Snake River Salmon Recovery Board Lead Entity
Sponsor Tri-State Steelheaders Inc
Status Completed
Schedule Start Date: 12/12/2019 End Date: 11/17/2022
Category Category: Restoration
DESCRIPTION
This project completed fish passage improvements to 2,283 feet of the two-mile-long Mill Creek flood control channel. Modifications of the concrete channel provided depth and velocity conditions favorable to passage of summer steelhead, bull trout, and spring Chinook. Under pre-project conditions, returning adults encountered velocities that were too high for too long of a distance, without any resting opportunities. To improve passage, part of the existing channel was cut and removed. Pre-cast "roughness panels" replaced the removed concrete. The roughness panels have block-shaped projections which create friction in the water, slowing it to a velocity that the fish can swim for the full distance of the project. Resting pools were also added as an additional measure. During low flow, under pre-project conditions, baffles in the channel created hydraulic conditions that were a barrier to juveniles. The baffles were removed and replaced with new baffles that were sized and spaced to provide volitional passage for juveniles. This project was originally scoped to improve 5,000 feet of fish passage in the concrete flume portion of Mill Creek that flows through Walla Walla, WA. Due to inflation, the costs of labor and materials for this work increased after the sponsor was awarded funding. The sponsor used all the resources available to stretch funds as far as possible and were only able to correct 4,081 feet of the concrete channel before funding ran out. Due to overlapping project areas the final reported passage in this project is .38 miles (project footprint from Otis to Division streets). The sponsor has leveraged funding across different RCO programs and has reported .39 miles of overlapping project areas in other funded project scopes.
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FUNDING SOURCES
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Requested09/27/2019Tri-State Steelheaders IncMatch$500,000.00
Requested09/27/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$2,750,000.00
Allocated12/12/2019Tri-State Steelheaders IncMatch$500,000.00
Allocated12/12/2019Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects$2,750,000.00
Spent10/18/2022Tri-State Steelheaders IncMatch-$500,000.00
Spent10/18/2022Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)Salmon State Projects-$2,750,000.00
Grant Project Agreement Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
$2,750,000.00 $3,250,000.00 $3,250,000.00 $3,250,000.00 $0.00
OTHER FUNDING (Funding that is NOT in a grant project agreement)
TypeDateFunding OrgFunding ProgramMatchAmount
Other Funding Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
Grand Totals Proposed Requested Allocated Spent Balance
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LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU):Chinook-Middle Columbia River Spring, Not Warranted
City Areas:Walla Walla
County:Walla Walla
HUC12:Lower Mill Creek (170701020204)
HUC8:Walla Walla (17070102)
Lead Entity Area:Snake River
Legislative District:16
Salmon Recovery Regions:Snake River
Sections:21
Snake Major Spawning Areas:Mill Creek-Walla Walla River
Steelhead-Pop (ESU):Steelhead-Middle Columbia River, Walla Walla River, Threatened
Township:T07NR36E
Watershed Administrative Unit:Walla Walla Agricultural Lands
WRIA:Walla Walla
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RESTORATION METRICS
Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b)
0.97mi0.38mi
Fish Passage Improvement    
*Miles Of Stream Made Accessible (SRFB) (C.2.b.1)
0.00mi0.38mi
*Number of blockages / impediments / barriers impeding passage (C.2.b.4)
1.001.00
 Fishway chutes or pools installed (C.2.d.1)    
Number Of Fishway Chutes/Pools Installed (C.2.d.2)
115.00106.00